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Minnesota’s unemployment rate rose one-tenth of a percentage point to a seasonally adjusted 3.9 percent in June.

The increase in the unemployment rate happened even as the labor force participation rate declined for the first time in six months, down two-tenths of a percentage point. The number in the labor force also declined for the first time in over a year, down 7,800.

The national unemployment rate dropped two-tenth of a percentage point to 5.3 percent in June.